GDP Data I n 2005, its GDP reached RMB647.361 billion Yuan, ranking 13th in China. GDP per capita is RMB 10,366 Yuan calculated on the basis of the permanent resident population. The proportions of its primary, secondary and tertiary ...
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The board of livestock in New Mexico, US, has issued an emergency rule to limit the spread of vesicular stomatitis, a virus which can cause blister-like lesions in animals. Under the rule, all livestock events in the state, such as fairs ...
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Linpac Packaging has announced that it has won a major contract to supply one of Poland's well-known meat processing companies with more than 100m polystyrene trays a year, The firm's site in Bukowice, Poland will supply trays to Pini ...
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Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has launched new food labeling regulations, which ensure that consumers have the information needed to help them make informed choices about the food they buy. The new regulations, which are ...
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Vion Food UK has announced it could be forced to close its loss-making pork processing plant in West Lothian, Scotland, putting nearly 1,700 jobs at risk. According to the company, the Hall's of Broxburn continued to record unsustainable ...
Vion Food UK is set to close its loss-making Hall's of Broxburn pork processing plant in West Lothian, Scotland, a move which will lead to a loss of 1,700 jobs. Vion Food, which rejected two offers for the site, stated that neither of the ...
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A 4,000-year-old Chinese folk art rarely practiced today, dough figurine is also known as mianhua or miansu in Chinese. The man who may have created the craft, Zhuge Liang, was military strategist of the state of Shu in the Three ...
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Potential buyers of Vion Food's pork processing plant in UK are being evaluated and talks are ongoing with the owners, according to Scottish government's finance secretary John Swinney. The second meeting of the Hall's of Broxburn ...
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The people at PETA must sleep at night dreaming up scamming visions designed to finagle you–the John Q.Public–to hand over your hard-earned money to support its anti-meat,pro-vegetarian agenda. In case you've been practicing ...
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Liannan Yao Autonomous County of Qingyuan City in northwest mountain areas of north Canton is the only habitation of Paiyao in our country, and it is also the popular region for Shuagetang songfest. Shuagetang songfest is a large-scale ...
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As an agricultural people, the Buyi worship the Land. Outside every village there is usually a Temple of the Land, inside which there are usually two stones that represent the Father Land and the Mother Land. They sacrifice a chicken or a ...
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There are many distinctive marriage customs of the Hua Yao Dai People, an ethnic minority mainly distributed in the Yunnan Province of China. These marriage customs are very attractive, as many people have never heard of them. The ...
The new couple should bow to the god, the parents and each other. A typical Jiading wedding always includes a complete set of ceremonies. To earn words of good blessing and satisfy the guests, the hosts often start the busy preparation ...
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Canadian pork producer Big Sky Farms,which ran into financial troubles due to high feed costs,has entered into receivership and may be put up for sale. Feed costs in Canada have soared due to severe drought in the US. The company said ...
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Canada is proposing new regulations which would make traceability mandatory for pigs,as a part of its effort to strengthen the country's livestock sector. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA),an enhanced traceability ...
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